Abstract: Based on a comparison of two garment factories in the Toronto area, this paper examines historical changes and the transitional character of garment manufacture where craft methods of making the whole garment exist alongside newer methods involving technological innovation. With the view to testing Richard Edwards’s typology of managerial control, the paper offers insights into labour process theory by focusing on issues related to skill, gender and ethnicity. It highlights new directions in the structure and organization of the union from craft unionism toward industrial unionism, with specific reference to the implications for women’s participation. Abstract: Cet article, basé sur une comparaison de deux manufactures de vêtements de la région torontoise, examine les changements historiques et le caractère transitionnel de la fabrication des vêtements ou des méthodes artisanales de fabrication du vêtement entier côtoient des méthodes plus récentes comprenant des innovations techniques. Dans l’intention de mettre à l’essai la typologie des méthodes de contrôle de gestion proposée par Richard Edwards, cet article éclaire la théorie du processus du travail, accordant la priorité aux questions relatives à la dextérité, au sexe et a l’ethnicité. Il met en lumière de nouveaux axes de la structure de l’organisation du syndical qui évolue du syndicalisme de métier vers un syndicalisme industriel, en tenant compte surtout de la portée des consequences sur la participation des femmes.
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